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National Handwashing Awareness Week: Why It’s Always Mattered
How many times have you washed your hands while humming “Happy Birthday” (twice!) since March? The novel coronavirus has ushered in a new era of mindful handwashing, but why is it so important? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) re...
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How the Right Primary Care Doctor Can Help Manage Diabetes
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) 2020 National Diabetes Statistics Report, diabetes affects more than 34 million Americans, and that number is expected to rise. Even more staggering is that 88 million Americans—approximately 1 ...
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What COVID Means for Cold & Flu Season
Influenza (flu) and COVID-19 are both contagious respiratory illnesses that affect the lungs and breathing and can easily spread to others. Each year, 5-20 percent of the American population contracts the flu virus, of which 200,000 are hospitalized as a result. ...
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Does My Child Need a Flu Shot?
Only about 50 percent of the U.S. population will get a flu shot this year despite overwhelming agreement among medical experts and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that every person older than six months should get vaccinated every year to prote...
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American Cancer Society Updates Guidelines for Best Ways to Reduce Cancer Risk
The American Cancer Society recently updated its nutrition and physical activity guidelines for cancer prevention. These updates stress how important it is for everyone, regardless of age, to increase daily physical activity and develop healthy eating habits. T...
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What You Need to Know About Falls in the Elderly
Each year, millions of older adults experience a fall, and over half do not tell their doctors. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1 in 3 adults aged 65 and over fall each year. While many do not cause injuries, 1 in 5 lead t...
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What Are the Benefits of Youth Sports?
More than 45 million children in the United States participate in organized sports. The most popular sports among American children include basketball, baseball, football, soccer and volleyball. The evidence supporting sports participation for young people is stagge...
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Three Common Causes of Sleep Disorders in Kids
Sleep is essential to everyone as it helps maintain overall health and well-being. Furthermore, kids who regularly get an adequate amount of sleep have improved attention, behavior, learning, memory and overall mental and physical health. Adequate sleep hours vary b...
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What to Expect When You Are Expecting: How to Access Prenatal Care During COVID
Pregnant women face a unique challenge as we continue to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. While many men and nonpregnant women have opted to postpone routine medical appointments, prenatal appointments are vital for ensuring the health and well-being of mother and ch...
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Think You Need Stitches? See Our Urgent Care for These Common Cuts.
No one plans to get cut or hurt, but accidents happen. Maybe your finger slipped while chopping vegetables or your child fell off their bike. When can you simply bandage it up and when do you need stitches? Common cuts that need stitches From the size of a wound t...
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What Are the Signs of a Stroke? Act F.A.S.T.
Strokes often occur suddenly, so every minute counts. Fast medical treatment can not only lessen brain damage, but also save a life. Over 1 million people in America experience a stroke each year, and brain damage is unfortunately very common. Damage to the brain du...
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Heat Illness: More Than Just Dehydration
Dehydration is an excessive loss of fluids from the body. It happens when the total amount of fluids lost through sweating, urination, diarrhea and/or vomiting is more than the fluids taken in. With the heat of summer upon us, people of all ages are at risk of dehyd...
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Keep Calm and Carry On: 5 tips for Managing COVID-19 Stress
COVID-19 is a unique type of stressor. We have to navigate volumes of information and misinformation. Activities that were once outlets of relief are now closed or limited, like beaches, churches, and gyms. We have lost financial opportunities and many are dealing with ...
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Sleep Apnea and That Sound Your Husband Makes: What It Says About His Health
Sleep apnea is a potentially serious medical disorder that affects between 50 and 70 million adults in the United States. Sleep apnea occurs when a person’s breathing is repeatedly blocked during sleep. Blockage of the airway causes snoring, and if severe, can cause l...
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Male-Specific Diseases to Ask Your Doctor About
Men have specific health risks they need to be aware of—particularly in regards to the reproductive system. The male reproductive system is designed to produce, maintain and transport sperm. The testes, a part of the male reproductive system, are also responsible for ...
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Tips for Living Longer: Six Things Men Should Do to Live 5 Years Longer
Living longer is often attributed to living a healthy lifestyle, but what does that really mean? For men, it has a lot to do with focusing on heart health—the leading cause of death among men in the United States. Living longer with heart-healthy living The good new...
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Is Urgent Care for Kids Too? Yes! (Plus Five Reasons Moms Prefer It to the ER.)
Moms, dads and caregivers work hard every day to keep their kids happy, healthy and safe. They also rely on services like urgent care and the emergency room when their children get hurt or become ill unexpectedly. While the pediatrician’s office should always be the f...
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Living Healthy During COVID-19
Staying safe at home during the COVID-19 outbreak has changed the routines of our lives, perhaps even quite dramatically. We aren’t going to the gym, our eating habits may have changed, and many people aren’t sleeping well. Many are coping with shifts in th...
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How Sweet the Success: Ten Tips for Managing Diabetes and Pregnancy
Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your blood sugar levels are too high. It can occur before, during or after pregnancy and may cause a number of health problems for you and your developing baby. Seven out of 100 women will develop gestational diabetes during...
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Pregnancy and the Flu: Prenatal Precautions to Note This Winter
During the first 15 weeks of pregnancy, a woman’s body begins to naturally repress its immune system. This allows immune cells to flood into the lining of the womb, which causes inflammation. While inflammation typically means pain and discomfort, this is a unique...
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Ten Tips to Improve Your Child’s Health
Every parent wants to keep their kids healthy and happy so they can grow and develop into healthy, successful adults. Educating your children about the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle is essential, perhaps now more than ever. In the United States alone, the p...
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Cold and Flu Season: How to Stay Healthy
You know the signs: runny nose, sore throat, coughing, and sneezing. It’s the start of a cold or worse—the flu. Each year in the United States millions of people suffer with cold or flu symptoms. Adults get between two and three colds a year on average and kids, wel...
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How the Right Primary Care Doctor Can Help With High Blood Pressure
Did you know one in every three Americans has high blood pressure? Anyone (including children) can develop high blood pressure, a condition that vastly increases your risk for heart disease and stroke. How can my primary care doctor help with high blood pressure? ...
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American Diabetes Awareness Month: A Successful Pregnancy With Gestational Diabetes
If you’re pregnant and have been diagnosed with gestational diabetes you are not alone. In fact, the prevalence of both preexisting and gestational diabetes in the United States is on the rise. This year’s National Diabetes Awareness Month is focused on promoting...
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When Is a Sports Injury Enough to Seek Treatment?
Most athletes or their parents know minor injuries can be treated effectively with the RICE protocol: rest, ice, compression and elevation. Thankfully, these self-care tactics are sufficient to resolve most minor injuries within a few weeks; however, it’s essential to...
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: One Test Could Save Your Life
Every October major breast cancer charities across the globe participate in an international health campaign to raise awareness about breast cancer and educate women about the importance of annual mammograms. At Pomona Valley Health Centers (PVHC), we’re doing ...
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World Alzheimer’s Day: How to Reduce Your Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible, progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory, thinking, and other important mental functions. As the disease progresses, it affects a person’s ability to carry out simple tasks like getting dressed or making a cu...
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Your Pregnancy Step by Step
Pregnancy is a unique time in a woman’s life. There are a lot of physiological changes that take place to support a growing embryo or fetus. Pregnant women (and their placentas) produce different hormones that cause a broad range of changes like persistent nausea,...
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World Breastfeeding Week: Four Common Breastfeeding Problems You Can Overcome
Are you struggling with engorged breasts, painful latching, low milk supply, or cracked or sore nipples? While breastfeeding can be a wonderful way to bond with your new baby, it can also be extremely difficult. Take heart, mama, we have solutions to four of the mos...
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National Immunization Awareness Month: Vaccine Basics
Thanks to a vaccine, one of the most terrible diseases in history—smallpox—no longer exists outside the laboratory. Over the years vaccines have prevented countless cases of disease and saved millions of lives. August is National Immunization Awareness Month....